Safety Monitoring of Local Shopping Area with Enhanced Automated Situational Awareness

Synopsis

The Client: Kooyong Road Shopping District

The Kooyong Road shopping district in the City of Belmont, Perth, Australia is a popular local destination comprising 13 independent businesses, including a café, a supermarket, and a pharmacy. The City’s aims to provide an environment that is attractive, safe, healthy and prosperous by working closely with local businesses and the community, along with the Police service and the Office of Crime Prevention to ensure a collaborative and coordinated approach to crime prevention.

Effective Results

The SmartConnect Gateway™ enabled a community partnership through the deployment of an innovative and adaptable automated situational awareness solution. Immediately following installation of the new system, undesirable customer behavior and graffiti in the Kooyong Road area significantly decreased.